A second problem was that no townsites were laid out before the Land Run of 1889. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway had erected a depot at each ten-mile interval when constructing tracks across the Unassigned Lands, but no legal townsites designations accompanied the depots. The most valuable commercial depot sites were those at Guthrie and Oklahoma City. Guthrie was the presumed but yet-to-be-named capital, and Oklahoma City lay astride a natural route for a future east-west railroad line. The run of 1889 was the scene not only of a horse race for farms; it was also the setting for foot races for commercial and residential "lots," which did not yet exist. At the start of the run at noon, Santa Fe trains, loaded to excess, with participants even sitting on top of the cars, began moving from the north and south boundaries at about ten miles per hour, the assumed speed of an average horse. The trains from the south stopped at the Oklahoma City station, and their counterparts halted at Guthrie. In both cases, passengers began jumping from the cars even before a full stop. In a wild melee they ran across the countryside, found a desirable piece of land, and stabbed the earth with a claim-marking wooden spike. When surveys were then conducted by townsite companies or newly formed town governments, lot contests became the coin of the realm. In some cases, the choicest lots were tied up in administrative and judiciary cases for several years before a clear title emerged. Winfield Scott did not get title to the prize corner of Oklahoma Avenue and Second Street until 1892. When his building was completed in 1893, he named it the Victor Block because, he said, "to the victor belong the spoils." In the future, however, the county seats would be laid out by government surveyors prior to the openings.
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